by Adi Joseph, USA TODAY Sports

by Adi Joseph, USA TODAY Sports

There have been plenty of movies about basketball. And many of those movies featured actual basketball players.

But Jesus Shuttlesworth stands out.

Ray Allen, then 22 years old, starred in Spike Lee's 1998 movie He Got Game alongside Denzel Washington, who played his father. The story line was more focused on Washington's Jake Shuttlesworth, but Allen's performance as the best basketball prospect in the country is what many people remember most.

Turns out they still do.

Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers says He Got Game is one of his favorite movies and that the team still calls Allen, now a veteran coming off the Heat bench instead of a second-year player with the Milwaukee Bucks, "Jesus" on occasion.

"We do it sometimes during games when he catches a hot streak or he does something crazy," Chalmers told Fox Sports Florida. "We're like, 'Jesus.' Sometimes he just looks over and smiles."

The movie came out when Allen still had hair. And 15 seasons feels like a long time. He had just finished his rookie season when the movie was filmed.

In the time after, Allen became the NBA's most prolific (and probably best) three-point shooter ever while blossoming into a star for the Bucks, then superstar for the Seattle SuperSonics, then champion for the Boston Celtics. This season he has provided the Heat with a sharpshooter off the bench, averaging 10.8 points a game.